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An automotive Icon turns +30 || McLaren F1 RED LINE CLUB FEATURETTE
F1 turns +30…. In the early 1980s, former mechanic Ron Dennis took over McLaren – and turned the new McLaren Group not only into a successful racing team, but also into a technology company. Dennis always managed to bring new partners on board – which made him one of the richest men in England. And he also repeatedly found engineers and specialists who became the best in the world in their field at McLaren. One of them was Gordon Murray. The South African had worked at Brabham from 1969 and joined McLaren as Technical Director in 1987. His vision became reality with the McLaren F1. Between 1993 and 1997, around…
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ONE LAST RIDE – KB43 Ken Block Porsche 911 SVRSR HOONIPIGASUS FEATURETTE
The legacy of KB43: The Porsche SVRSR “Hoonipigasus” was actually supposed to win the legendary hill climb on Pikes Peak in 2022 with drift king and showmaster Ken Block at the wheel. However, an engine failure paralysed the 1,400 hp four-wheel drive 911 of the Hoonigan squad in qualifying. The team competed again in the 2023 edition of Pikes Peak – tragically without Ken, who passed away in January 2023. The pin from Faithpin naturally matches the model with many little details In Memory of Ken Block… In his honour, his 16-year-old daughter Lia Block took the wheel of the pink-coloured monster in 2023. However, she took it easy at…
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TPC Apollo IE vs Peako64 DeTomaso P72 FEATURETTE
Gumpert: German tradition in Chinese hands. A bright future ahead? In 2012, the Gumpert company filed for insolvency. The rights to the Apollo brand were sold to a foreign investor. This investor, Ideal Team Ventures from Hong Kong, founded Apollo Automobil GmbH with its headquarters in Denkendorf, Upper Bavaria. It is the direct successor to Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur. The legendary sports car brand De Tomaso is also part of Ideal Team Ventures’ portfolio. We once had the chance to talk to Norman Choi, the new founder so to speak, when he presented the DeTomaso P72 in Switzerland in 2021. He is a very interesting personality who is taking DeTomaso and Gumpert…
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MLGB in memory of Chris Cut – Acura NSX-T FEATURETTE – ONE LAST RIDE
Police report 01.04.2024: Sad news reached us less than a day after we had presented a short video of a very unique model to the public on Instagram: Chris Cut’s, 1996 NSX-T in camper style. The first of April in particular was of course a relatively unfavourable day to spread such a message. Many believed it was a bad April Fool’s joke with a bland aftertaste. At the latest when a comment on his last Instagram post was fixed, which spoke of his death, it could definitely be assumed that Chris Cut was no longer with us. And indeed, in a recent FOX61 article, a police report mentioned a car…
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In Memory of MARCELLO GANDINI – FEATURETTE
Design language for eternity! Marcello Gandini designed the Lamborghini Miura and Countach, but also everyday cars for BMW, Citroen and Renault. He now died in Rivoli at the age of 85. If his father had had his way, Marcello Gandini would have become a pianist. But he invested the money he had received for a Latin book in a book on cars and engineering. Fortunately, Gandini rebelled against family tradition and took a different path to his father, who was a well-known conductor. The automotive world would be poorer for some of the most spectacular cars. Lamborghini Miura and Countach In 1965, Marcello Gandini joined Bertone, succeeding Giorgio Giugiaro (legendary…
